Ascendancy Mod Idea (need some help)

[Starhawk]

How do I make ship sizes "race specific"? Because I know I've seen that in the Startrek mod but I can't figure out how he did it.
Can anyone help me out there?

And does anyone here know how to write challenging AIs?

Oh and Narf the Alpha will only have the Terrenesi, Icaran Empire/Rebels and possibly the Corim. The beta will add another one or two races.

[Ed Kolis]

To make race-specific ship sizes, give them a tech prerequisite that has its Racial Area set to one of your defined racial areas in RacialTraites.txt. Just like you do for a component
But remember, if one or more of an item's prerequisites (direct prerequisites only - not prerequisites of prerequisites) is non-racial, then the technology can be traded or stolen by other races! (That's how some of the special techs in the Star Trek Mod are stealable )
E.g. if Gelf Frigate has prerequisite Gelf Technology which is racial, Gelf Frigate will only be buildable by Gelfs, even if Gelf Technology has prerequisite Physical Paradigm or something... but if Gelf Frigate has prerequisite Gelf Technology and Ship Construction which is NOT racial, then Gelf Frigates can only be built by Gelfs UNTIL they trade the tech away or someone steals it, either by espionage or ship capture.

[Starhawk]

So to make a race specific ship basiaclly put something like

Requires: Gelf Technology

Then how do I make it buildable of I can't put what level of ship construction it needs?

Or is it possible to put something like

Requires: Gelf Ship construction lvl2?

[narf poit chez BOOM]

Entirely. As long as Gelf Ship Construction is in the TechArea.txt

[Starhawk]

Okay this may sound Incredibly stupid but would you guys mind typing up an example?

I.E. type up a weapon that is size and race specific

And type up a ship size that is racial trait specific

Just so I can get it in my head, I have a cold right now so thought process are going slow for me.

[Starhawk]

Heh wow I guess it did sound incredibly stupid.....

Oh and an example of the Terrenesi ship construction thing:

Name ;= Terrenesi Ship Construction
Group ;= Terrenesi Tech
Description ;= The Construction of Terrenesi ships and their components
Maximum Level ;= 8
Level Cost ;= 15000
Start Level ;= 0
Raise Level ;= 0
Racial Area ;= 1
Unique Area ;= 0
Can Be Removed ;= False
Number of Tech Req ;= 0

Tell me if this would work please

[Captain Kwok]

Will work as long as racial area 1 is the racial trait given by choosing "Terrenesi Race" racial trait during the game setup.